Privatization of four power barges -- facilities seen as a stop-gap solution to the deficiency of electricity now plaguing Mindanao -- yesterday fai
Read MoreApril 27, 2012 Download a copy of the letter. Office of the President's Reponse to the First Arangkada Assessment
Read MoreFactory output rose for the third consecutive month in March, posting the fastest growth in 12 months, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported
Read MoreThe Philippines has not progressed enough to warrant an investment grade credit rating, a debt watcher yesterday said, countering the government’s c
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has moved the opening of bids for the P8.2 billion information and
Read MoreA bill seeking to maintain government ownership of the Agus-Pulangui hydropower plants in Mindanao has been filed at the Senate in a bid to keep a l
Read MorePoverty reduction and achieving “inclusive growth” will be the priorities of the country’s new socioeconomic planning secretary. “I will look into
Read MoreOver-dependence of the Philippines on money sent by millions of Filipinos working abroad is risky for the economy, analysts from the Oxford Business
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The United States has set aside $65 million (about P2.75 billion) in fresh development aid to the Philippines under the two al
Read MoreMerchandise exports reversed to a slump in March, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported yesterday, declining by 1.2% following gains in the
Read MoreThe country saw net inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) sink by nearly a third annually in February to just a tenth of the previous month’s l
Read MoreThe country’s merchandise exports are expected to have grown further last March in the wake of the 10-month-high increase recorded the preceding mon
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — ASEAN members, including the Philippines, are facing legal constraints in meeting the 2015 goals of full economic integration
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines–The Government hopes to increase the multiplier effect of remittances on the economy which, in turn, may help reduce poverty inc
Read More‘Big part of population nearing working age’ Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Wednesday wooed foreign investors t
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippines has been quite successful in taking advantage of opportunities offered by the global labor markets
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - American financial giant Citigroup said stronger global economic growth would likely translate to a faster gross domestic prod
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. MANILA, Philippines — Despite the admirable efforts of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines to prom
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Global money transfer company MoneyGram is bullish that the Philippines can be the third largest ‘remittance received’ market
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